For all those out there like the drug czar who try to dishonestly pretend marijuana legalization would not seriously hurt the profits of the violent cartels, I have a video, via Washington Post. This video is of 30 tons of marijuana. It was seized by authorities from a single tunnel running under the Mexican-American border, [...]

The Rand Corporation is notorious for its history of pro-drug-war studies. A report of theirs from earlier this year on Proposition 19 was full of dubious claims based on what even they had to admit were just guesses. Once again, with their newest report about marijuana legalization, the Rand Corporation buries the lede from their own study, one which strongly supporters the anti-cartel claims made by marijuana reformers. While not part of the press release, the study, in fact, backs up one of the main arguments of the supporters of marijuana legalization. The study determines legalizing, taxing and regulating marijuana could eliminate all the profits the Mexican drug cartels currently make thanks to cannabis prohibition.